Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
Walking Away
This two-lesson mini-unit explores Cecil Day-Lewis’s ‘Walking Away’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying the AQA Love and Relationships cluster, this resource studies the poem in depth and explains how to write an essay comparing it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 59-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 7 accompanying worksheets.
The two lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context – A brief outline of Cecil Day-Lewis’s life and factors that may have inspired the poem.
First Contact – An initial reading of ‘Walking Away’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with example answers.
Exploring Meaning – Analysing ‘Walking Away’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. A model answer is included.
Lesson Two
Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Walking Away’: parent/child relationships, memory, time, distance and growing up.
Language – Exploring Day-Lewis’s use of language. An analysis of imagery and a line-by-line examination of the poem, with questions and answers.
Structure and Form – How Day-Lewis uses the first-person perspective, direct address, caesura, rhyme and enjambment.
The GCSE Exam – How to write a comparison essay. Comparing ‘Walking Away’ with ‘Before You Were Mine’ and ‘Mother, Any Distance’. Model answers included.
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When We Two Parted
Love’s Philosophy
Porphyria’s Lover
Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’
Neutral Tones
The Farmer’s Bride
Eden Rock
Mother, Any Distance
Before You Were Mine
Follower
Letters From Yorkshire
Winter Swans
Singh Song!
Climbing My Grandfather
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack
Traditional Stories (Year 1/2) is a complete unit of work including a planning overview, assessment guidance, detailed lessons and activities, a 66 slide PowerPoint and 16 accompanying worksheets.
It includes a range of varied lessons and activities for children of all abilities:
Talk for writing and prior learning tasks
Exploring and discussing traditional stories and fairy tales
Discovering multi-modal texts - books, videos, cartoons and online storybooks
Individual, pair and group work
How to understand characters
Hotseating and role play tasks to develop understanding of character
Sequencing and storyboarding
How to plan a story using the story mountain
How to begin a narrative - teacher modelling the writing process
Writing assessment task
Detailed teaching notes for lessons and assessment
Present Perfect Form - Year 3 / Year 4
(a 20-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet-based activities)
This lesson explains the difference between two seemingly similar tenses - the past simple and the present perfect.
The resource provides whole-class and differentiated individual exercises to put knowledge into practice. Teachers can use this as a standard lesson or for additional support for EAL pupils.
Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney is a detailed teaching resource which consists of a 20 slide PowerPoint presentation.
English Teaching Resources GCSE: Death of a Naturalist (Seamus Heaney) includes a range and variety of lessons and activities for all abilities:
A brief biography of Seamus Heaney.
Analysis of the poem Death of a Naturalist, discussion of ideas and consolidation of understanding.
Structure & imagery- Discuss how Heaney uses structure and explore the imagery of the poem.
Style - Analysis of the use of poetic techniques in Death of a Naturalist.
Themes of Death of a Naturalist explored, consolidation of meaning and purpose.
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The Manhunt
Sonnet 43
London
The Soldier
Living Space
As Imperceptibly as Grief
Cozy Apologia
A Wife in London
Hawk Roosting
To Autumn
Afternoons
Dulce et Decorum Est
Excerpt from The Prelude
Mametz Wood
Ozymandias
La Belle Dame sans Merci
A Complaint
1st Date - She and 1st Date - He
Love’s Dog
Nettles
My Father Would Not Show Us
My Last Duchess
Neutral Tones
Exclamation Marks
English SPaG Teaching Resource
'Exclamation Marks' is a handy punctuation teaching resource covering the use of exclamation marks in our writing. Content includes:
1. When we use exclamation marks explanation
2. Why we use exclamation marks explanation
3. Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 1 accompanying
worksheet
'Exclamation Marks' is fully editable which gives teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.
Year 5/6 English Teaching Resources: Macbeth
This UKS2 ready to teach unit of work made up of a 150 slide PowerPoint presentation and 29 worksheets.
The resource is an ideal introduction to Macbeth for children at UKS2. All lessons follow a four part lesson structure (starter, introduction, development and plenary) and all have been carefully planned and designed to enhance and develop knowledge and understanding of the play. Within the PowerPoint slides you will find a mix of activities for children of different abilities including:
A brief outline of Shakespeare’s life and times and the Elizabethan theatre
‘Understanding the plot’ activities
Key features of a drama text (stage directions etc)
Detailed analysis of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Exploring the play’s central themes (ambition, betrayal, evil, etc)
The play’s context – both social and historical – witches, witchcraft and the presentation of women
How to write about Macbeth
Analysis of Shakespeare’s language and key soliloquys
Dramatic devices - the use of tension and suspense in the play
Hot-seating tasks
Sequencing activities
Writing in role - empathy writing tasks including diaries and letters
To preview our UKS2 Macbeth teaching resource in more detail please click on the images from the PowerPoint presentation opposite.
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Acrostic Poetry - Year 5 / Year 6
This lesson teaches UKS2 children about acrostic poetry in a fun and engaging way. First, it provides three examples and explains the ‘rules’ of acrostics. It then provides a task that requires children to explore the examples and discuss the poems regarding layout, language and poetic devices. The second half of the lesson explains how to write an acrostic. Learners are given a scaffolded approach and another example to help them construct a class and then individual acrostics.
The resource is differentiated using ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ activities to help all children achieve.
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Island Man (Grace Nichols) is an excellent resource for teaching the poem Island Man by Grace Nichols.
Our Island Man resource fully utilises PowerPoint as an effective teaching tool; all PowerPoint slides are clear and easy to follow and use a number of techniques to help students develop knowledge and understanding of the poem Island Man.
To view the complete resource Island Man (Grace Nichols) PowerPoint in more detail you can preview the resource by clicking on the slides in the preview box underneath the resource’s description. English Teaching Resources: Island Man (Grace Nichols) includes a wide range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as:
* a quick biography of Grace Nichols and the social and historical context of Island Man
* activities to develop knowledge of the ‘narrative’ of Island Man
* exploration of the key themes of Island Man (identity, immigration, isolation, etc)
* developing awareness of techniques used in poetry – metaphor, imagery, alliteration, onomatopeia, etc
* teaching the use of Point/Evidence/Explain to write about Island Man
* Grace Nichols’ purpose and the poems meaning
* analysis of Grace Nichols’ use of language in Island Man
* Grace Nichols use of poetic techniques
* developing inference and deduction skills
* 5 accompanying worksheets
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier AS/A Level Teaching Resource (109 slide editable PowerPoint)
This teaching resource is an engaging unit for teaching the novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. The tailor-made PowerPoint guides students through the entire novel with a focus on character. It is both useful as a guide to the novel paper and to the AQA AS Literature Paper Two Novel question. Chapter by chapter, the resource rxplores the main three characters: The Narrator (the second Mrs de Winter); the enigmatic Maxim de Winter and Mrs Danvers.
Over thirty slides are devoted to each character, with integrated questions and talking points, designed to stimulate independent thinking for examination and to encourage critical thinking skills. The resource explores the AQA Assessment Objectives, using questions and prompts to engage the learner and facilitate quality answers. The extra final slides offer examination questions designed to be suitable for the comparative novel question set by AQA for the AS Literature Paper 2 Novel question.
This resource includes:
• Carefully created chronological character and plot analyses
• Questions and prompts that generate quality student response and interaction with the AOs
• Carefully selected comparative essay questions that encourages independent critical thinking skills
To preview this Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier teaching resource in more detail please
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Porphyria’s Lover is a differentiated two-lesson GCSE mini-unit that explores Robert Browning’s poem in great detail. Designed for teaching GCSE students studying the AQA Anthology, it covers context, structure, form, themes and language and contains an annotated copy of the poem. The 30-slide editable PowerPoint (with 8 worksheets) contains differentiated activities ( with suggested answers) for students of all abilities.
Lesson One Content:
After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task, learners explore the context of the poem - Victorian attitudes to love, sexuality and women (AO3) - and the nature of the dramatic monologue form (AO2).
Pupils complete a task to gain an understanding of the sequence of events in the poem and Browning’s presentation of the relationship between Porphyria and her lover (AO1).
Pupils then explore Porphyria’s Lover in depth via discussion of an annotated copy of the poem.
The lesson concludes with a brief review that asks learners to respond to a statement about Browning’s presentation of the speaker.
Lesson Two Content:
Students undertake a more detailed study of ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ exploring the writer’s use of pathetic fallacy, poetic techniques, imagery, rhyme and caesura.
After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task, pupils answer a series of questions which ask them to consider how both language and structural methods shape meaning in the poem.
In the learning review, students consider the poem’s key themes, making one point in relation to Browning’s exploration of each theme in the poem.
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When We Two Parted
Love’s Philosophy
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The Farmer’s Bride
Eden Rock
Mother, Any Distance
Before You Were Mine
Walking Away
Follower
Letters From Yorkshire
Winter Swans
Singh Song!
Climbing My Grandfather
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack
Writing a Review
This upper KS2/lower KS3 teaching resource guides pupils through the process of writing a review to develop their non-fiction writing skills. Content includes a PowerPoint presentation containing activities to support the teaching of review writing and three accompanying worksheets. Click the images to preview the resource.
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An Inspector Calls – Dramatic Irony
GCSE English Literature – Post 1914 Drama ‘An Inspector Calls’
This resource explains how and why J.B. Priestley uses dramatic irony in An Inspector Calls. Designed for GCSE pupils, it is made up of a 23-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 2 accompanying worksheets.
In this resource, students:
Define and understand the concept of dramatic irony using examples from famous films.
Explore the social and historical context of An Inspector Calls – 1945 and 1912.
Discuss Priestley’s political objectives – social class, socialism, capitalism and social responsibility.
Analyse Arthur Birling’s inaccurate predictions in Act One of An Inspector Calls.
Answer comprehension questions (answer key provided) to assess knowledge and understanding.
Complete an essay writing activity to consolidate understanding and prepare for the GCSE exam.
This resource contains everything you need to teach GCSE students how Priestley uses dramatic irony in An Inspector Calls to explore themes and convey his message. To preview it, click on the example images.
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War Photographer - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology
This two-lesson unit teaches students about Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘War Photographer’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 50-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context - An introduction to the poet Carol Ann Duffy and the poem’s inspiration and context.
First Reading - A reading of ‘War Photographer’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included.
Language and imagery - Analysing ‘War Photographer’ in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included.
Lesson Two
Imagery - Analysing Duffy’s use of imagery.
Themes - Discussing the poem’s themes.
Structure and Form - Considering how Duffy uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘War Photographer’ with ‘Poppies’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam.
This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs.
To preview ‘War Photographer’ in detail, please click on the images.
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Tissue
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Using Pronouns to Avoid Repetition - Years 3 and 4
This English grammar teaching resource, explains how to use pronouns effectively in written work as per the curriculum objective in the Years 3 and 4 English programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Content includes:
An animated PowerPoint presentation
Activity to support the teaching of this objective
3 differentiated worksheets with answers
‘Using Pronouns to Avoid Repetition - Years 3 and 4’ is fully editable, allowing teachers to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.
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Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene (10-slide PowerPoint lesson with 2 worksheets)
‘The Balcony Scene’ explores Act 2, Scene 2 in detail. It includes an analysis of Romeo’s speech, discussion of Juliet’s famous line, ‘Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ and two comprehension tasks.
As with all our teaching resources, the PowerPoint slides are fully editable so you can use the resource as it is or tweak it to fit your specific needs.
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Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6
‘Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6’ introduces pupils to the technique of pathetic fallacy. They learn how and why writers use pathetic fallacy in their writing and practise using it in their own writing. This PowerPoint teaching resource can be used as a standalone lesson, incorporated into an existing lesson or built into a wider unit of work. Content includes:
What is pathetic fallacy explanation
The difference between pathetic fallacy and personification
Identifying pathetic fallacy or personification in sentences activity
Why writers use pathetic fallacy in their writing
Writing sentences using pathetic fallacy activity with an accompanying worksheet
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Spring Haiku Poetry - Year 5 and 6
This 3-lesson mini-unit is designed to cover creative writing and poetry. It includes activities for pupils of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright colour, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery and easy to follow, child-friendly language. The resource is fully editable so can be adapted and used for different seasons or themes.
Content includes:
Discussion - what is a haiku?
Exploring and discussing haiku poetry - reading, listening to and talking about haiku poems
Create a class haiku activity
Individual, pair and group work opportunities
Reflecting on learning through constructive criticism
Writing an individual haiku about spring
Using colour photographs of spring scenes as writing stimulus
Drafting - how and why we redraft
How to plan and structure a haiku
Exemplar poems
Writing assessment opportunity - write a simple haiku poem about spring
38 slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets
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Using the Senses - Year 1/2 Poetry Unit
(Includes an editable 64 slide PowerPoint and 12 worksheets)
This unit of work is designed to cover poetry at KS1. Using the Senses includes a range of varied lessons and activities for Year 1/2 children of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright colour, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery, sound, video and easy to follow, child-friendly language. Activities include:
Talk for writing - what are the senses?
Exploring and discussing poetry - reading, listening to and talking about poems
Using words/phrases to describe the senses
Individual, pair and group work
Using photographs and images to stimulate discussion and description
Using words and phrases to describe personal experiences
Describing a special place using a writing frame
How to plan a poem
Writing a poem using the senses (with scaffolding)
Writing assessment task - write a simple poem
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Follower by Seamus Heaney
This two-lesson unit explores ‘Follower’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology, this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write a comparative essay in the exam. It is made up of a 72-slide editable PowerPoint and 10 worksheets.
Lesson One
Making predictions – What do you think the poem is about?
Context – How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Heaney and the disappearing world of traditional Irish rural life
First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included and comprehension questions with answers.
Exploring Meaning – Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers are provided.
Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess initial understanding. Includes a model answer and peer assessment opportunities.
Lesson Two
Themes – Analysing the poem’s themes: parent/child relationships, youth, age and time, agricultural traditions and identity.
Language – Exploring Heaney’s use of language and poetic techniques. A line-by-line annotation of the poem and questions with detailed answers.
Structure and Form – How Heaney uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme, rhythm, and enjambment and how he organises the stanzas and uses a cyclical structure.
The GCSE Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses. Comparing ‘Follower’ with ‘Climbing My Grandfather’, ‘Mother, Any Distance’ and ‘Eden Rock’.
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Mother, Any Distance
Before You Were Mine
Walking Away
Letters From Yorkshire
Winter Swans
Singh Song!
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Apostrophes to Mark Plural Possession - Year 3 / 4
(26-slide PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets)
This lesson revises the use of possessive apostrophes with singular nouns, then explains how to use apostrophes with regular and irregular plurals. It contains whole-group discussion and exercises, and individually differentiated (Gold, Silver and Bronze) worksheet-based activities.
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